Sometimes we are tempted to cover over our scars, pretend they didn’t happen. No one will know. Maybe it never even happened. We forget: Jesus had scars, too. My blog for this week on learning to own my scars.
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When I was younger, I didn’t know how to cook, nor did I want to learn. I had it in my head that as a strong, independent, intelligent “career woman” I just needed to know enough to get by. My blog on how I learned cooking for others is a way I can love them.
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Just like cleaning out my daughters’ overwhelmingly messy, disorganized room gave them a fresh new place to sleep at night, we also get a fresh start in Jesus. But sometimes, it’s hard to let our past mistakes go and truly accept God’s grace. My blog for today on claiming our redemption.
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We don’t always know the whole story, and that’s OK. We don’t always see the full picture or know how everything will work out. We don’t always understand someone’s motives or background, and we don’t always get all the answers. But God knows all, sees all, is all. God has the full story. My blog for today on Who Am I to Judge?
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My shyness was almost painful and certainly debilitating. Don’t look at me, I’d plead inwardly. Don’t make me speak. Yet today, most of that shyness is gone. For me, my journey has everything to do with turning my focus outward instead of inward. My blog for today on Turning My Gaze Outward.
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I used to be so impatient. Everything had to be right now, just this second, or I was tapping my foot or huffing out a sigh so scathing my dissatisfaction would not go unnoticed. Then one day, I had enough. My blog on learning to be patient.
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I had the chance to talk last week about how we can worship God through creative writing to 80 or so elementary-aged kids at a worship camp at my church. Not only did we talk about writing as another way we can love God, but the kids also got to write down their own words to describe heaven through their five senses. Their responses were phenomenal, and in a stroke of Holy Spirit-led genius, I jotted down their responses while we were talking. At the end, each half-hour class had collectively created their own poem about heaven. I was so proud of them, and they seemed really proud of themselves, too. Here, I’ve put together their responses in one big beautiful creation I’ve titled “Heaven Through the Eyes of a Child.” I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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What’s so wrong with going through something hard and admitting you’re human … and it hurts? What is it about my own silly, arrogant pride that makes me laugh off skinned knees on a ball field instead of saying “Yep, it does hurt,” and taking a rest? I’m not just lying to myself. I’m lying to others, and I’m robbing them of the opportunity to do what God calls us to do: help each other.
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Many of us spend far more time watching TV, shopping, and otherwise exposing ourselves to the world’s messages than we do absorbing God’s message (the Bible!), which leaves us vulnerable and often confused about our priorities. My blog for today on taming my temptation for more stuff.
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